{{Short description|Indian sarangi player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}

'''Ramesh Mishra''' ({{langx|hi|रमेश मिश्रा}}, surname also spelled '''Misra''') ([[Varanasi]], India, 2 October 1948 – New York, U.S., 13 March 2017) was an Indian [[sarangi]] player.

Mishra comes from a family of sarangi players and studied from an early age from a number of his older relatives. He was a disciple of [[Ravi Shankar]] and has made numerous recordings. In addition to his performances of Indian classical music, he has recorded with the American rock band [[Aerosmith]] (on the 1997 album ''[[Nine Lives (Aerosmith album)|Nine Lives]]''). Mishra was awarded a [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Sarangi|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist-sarangi.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230424/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist-sarangi.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-03|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref>

==Selected discography== *''Waiting for Love'' (Shujaat Khan album) 1999

==Death== Mishra died of cancer on 13 March 2017 at the age of 68 in New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/while-the-sarangi-gently-weeps/articleshow/57620782.cms|title = Pt Ramesh Mishra: While the sarangi gently weeps &#124; Kolkata News – Times of India| website=The Times of India }}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.rameshmisra.com/ Ramesh Mishra official site] *[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Others/Jugalbandi_Divine/articleshow/2685339.cms "Jugalbandi Divine!"], from ''Times of India'', 10 January 2008

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